No. 2,090 in Polish
nazwać
"To name" or "to call."
In a sentence
On chciał nazwać psa 'Fido'.
He wanted to name the dog 'Fido'.
The word 'nazwać' is used here to mean 'to name', referring to assigning a name to something.
Ludzie zaczęli nazywać go bohaterem.
People started calling him a hero.
The word 'nazywać' (in infinitive) or its conjugated forms is used here to mean 'to call', referring to the act of labeling or addressing someone or something in a certain way.
Nie wiem, jak można nazwać taką sytuację.
I don't know how to describe such a situation.
The word 'nazwać' is used here in the context of describing or characterizing an abstract concept.
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